Harikrishna wins second
round match

Grandmaster norm holder P Harikrishna outclassed Nino Vink of The Netherlands in the second round of the Corus Group B chess tournament to move to 1.5 points.

Grandmaster Boris Gulko of USA and Friso Nijboer of The Netherlands lead the 12-player field with a perfect score.

Playing black, Harikrishna opened with the Sicilian Sveshnikov and faced a harmless variation. Slow seizure of center enabled Harikrishna to gain space advantage and he gradually converted his advantage into a full point.

Results of second round:

B Gulko 2 bt R Teimour 1,
B Manuel 1.5 bt T Luther 0.5,
N Vink 0 lost to P Harikrishna 1.5,
M Gurevich 1 drew D Vreugt 0.5,
E Hoeksema 0 lost to F Nijboer 2.